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Shortlists for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards Below-The-Line Categories revealed

November 24, 2025 by EJ Moreno

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the shortlists for the following below-the-line film categories for the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards: Best Casting and Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Song, Best Sound, Best Stunt Design, and Best Visual Effects.

Sinners topped the Critics Choice Awards shortlists, earning recognition in all categories. Three songs from the film were shortlisted for the Best Song category, including “I Lied to You,” “Last Time (I Seen the Sun),” and “Pale, Pale Moon,” garnering Sinners a total of 13 spots on the shortlists. F1, Frankenstein, and Wicked: For Good followed, with each project being recognized in nine categories total.

Check out the complete list of potential nominees below…

BEST CASTING AND ENSEMBLE

Susanne Scheel – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Nina Gold – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Rich Delia – The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Rebecca Dealy – The Plague (IFC)
Kei Kawamura, Yumi Takada – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)
Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent (Neon)
Francine Maisler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Anthony Dod Mantle – 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Claudio Miranda – F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Linus Sandgren – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Darius Khondji – Marty Supreme (A24)
Kim Woo-hyung – No Other Choice (Neon)
David Chambille – Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Steven Breckon – The Plague (IFC)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams (Netflix)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Jeremy Hindle, David Schlesinger – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Ben Munro, Mark Tildesley, Reynan Castro Del Rosario, Andrew McCarthy, Véronique Melery – F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Cara Brower, Stella Fox – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis – Marty Supreme (A24)
Ryu Seong-hie – No Other Choice (Neon)
Inbal Weinberg, Kendall Anderson – Roofman (Paramount Pictures)
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen, Catrine Gormsen – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

BEST EDITING

Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Stephen Mirrione – F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
Evan Schiff – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Chloé Zhao, Affonso Gonçalves – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Amir Etminan – It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Kim Sang-bum, Kim Ho-bin – No Other Choice (Neon)
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Bob Ducsay – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Joe Murphy – Weapons (Warner Bros.)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Alexandra Byrne – The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Colleen Atwood – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
Miyako Bellizzi – Marty Supreme (A24)
Colleen Atwood – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Rita Azevedo – The Secret Agent (Neon)
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Ernesto Martinez – Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
Małgorzata Karpiuk – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hedda – Amazon MGM Studios)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions)
Kokuho (Gkids)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
The Smashing Machine (A24)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
The Ugly Stepsister (IFC)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Marvel Studios)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
How to Train Your Dragon (Universal Pictures)
Mickey 17 (Warner Bros.)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Predator: Badlands (20th Century Studios)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sketch (Angel)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
Tron: Ares (Walt Disney Pictures)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

BEST STUNT DESIGN

Ballerina (Lionsgate)
F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Predator: Badlands (20th Century Studios)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
The Smashing Machine (A24)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
Thunderbolts* (Marvel Studios)
Warfare (A24)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

BEST SONG

“Clothed by the Sun” – Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
“Dear Me” – Diane Warren – Diane Warren: Relentless (Greenwich Entertainment)
“Drive” – Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Blake Slatkin – F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
“Highest 2 Lowest” – Howard Drossin, Aiyana-Lee – Highest 2 Lowest (A24/Apple Original Films)
“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” – Alice Smith, Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Lose My Mind” – Don Toliver, Doja Cat, Hans Zimmer, Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin – F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
“No Place Like Home” – Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
“Pale, Pale Moon” – Brittany Howard, Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (Netflix)

BEST SCORE

Volker Bertelmann – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Hans Zimmer – F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Max Richter – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme (A24)
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Johan Lenox – The Plague (IFC)
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Kangding Ray – Sirāt (Neon)
Nine Inch Nails – Tron: Ares (Walt Disney Pictures)

BEST SOUND

A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
The Lost Bus (Apple Original Films)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sirāt (Neon)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
Warfare (A24)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Critics Choice Shortlist totals:

Sinners – 13
F1: The Movie, Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good – 9
Hamnet, One Battle After Another – 7
Marty Supreme – 6
A House of Dynamite – 5
Hedda, No Other Choice, Superman – 4
The Plague – 3

 

Filed Under: Awards Season, EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Critics' Choice Awards

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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